A crush on Corkies :-)

On ebay I saw some Bullyland which were supposed to consist of 70 % cork !

As I had never heard about that, I mailed my friend, who used to work at Bullyland, and asked me if she could confirm it.

She told me that it was right, she remebered it well.

At the Nürnberg Toyfair in 2010, Bullyland was going to launch them as a brand new, never-seen-before product range.They had succeded to find a material that was both lighter, unbreakable and more environmentally friendly, because it contained a good deal of cork.

Unfortunately the material turned out to stick to the moulds after a while, and would eventually ruin these expensive tools.Also the paint was a problem, - and the customers weren`t interested in paying a little more because of the material

So the project was dropped even before it really got started

But she might be able to find a few for me, she wrote

So last week I got a large box, and inside there was this mysterious and beautyful sack [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Inside the sack were several of these wonderful models, beautyfully packed in tissue paper [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

The material looks almost like cheramic, - or perhaps a bit like wood [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

They are beautiful. Congratulations on these rare beauties. I would hold on to them forever. What an amazing friend you have to send you such wonderful figures. Thanks so much for sharing them with us.

Yes, she is a fantastic friend !!!!!She also sent me a huge stack of various dealer`s catalogues, the new Schleich key-ring, and pencils with dinoes on, all the stuff she could find for me on the Nürnberg Toy Fair, - and a CD with photoes she took from the various stands !!!!!!!!!!!!

These are fantastic, what a unique concept! I've never heard of anything similar, wonder how they came up with that idea. Wonder how durable these models would've turned out if Bully had decided to go ahead and market them?

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Subject: Re: A crush on Corkies :-) Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:53 pm

Susanne, thanks for the link for this extraordinary topic! I'm late here but fortunately in time to read a fantastic story of an experience of a brand with a material so important in Portuguese tradition! :)Also a topic about really rare and special figures that work perfectly with this concept.... and last but not the least, a story of 2 generous and good friends!

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Subject: Re: A crush on Corkies :-) Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:14 pm

I also saw this topic late Wow, what a beautiful material ! How different these animals look when they are made of it, beautiful And what a story I like them so much, what a shame they couldn't continue this idea, it would be great if they could Congratulations Susanne for Your rare and fantastic items And also they seems to be more "eco"

I am happy you found my Corkies, because I consider them perhaps the most rare and interesting models in my entire collection . There may only exist a few in the world, and they probably aren`t going to be made again

Yes, Martien, I am very lucky to have this friend. She doesn`t work by Bullyland any more, she has retired, but she obviously has lots of friends there after 30 years.But most important, she is such a wonderful, interesting and generous person

I can ask about the neandertalers, but I think they are complicated to make, and not the "easy money" like the others. Also they have changed the paint because of envionmental considerations, so they wouldn`t look like the old ones if they made them now